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Colt L4-089 1468cc 1.5L VIN K 2-bbl (1988)

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Bowl Vent Valve: Testing and Inspection

Fig. 25  Testing The Bowl Vent Valve

BOWL VENT VALVE INSPECTION:
1. Allow the engine to cool off completely to prevent fuel from gushing out of the BVV nipple.
2. Remove the air cleaner.
3. Disconnect the bowl vapor hose from the bowl vent valve (BVV) nipple and connect a hand vacuum pump to the BVV nipple.

NOTE:  Plastic vacuum pumps are highly susceptible to damage by fuel vapors. Use of a plastic pump may render the pump unserviceable.

4. Apply 3 in.Hg (20 kPa) of vacuum to the BVV and verify that when the engine is running vacuum holds and that when the engine is off vacuum

leaks.

Purge Control Valve <--> [Canister Purge Control Valve] > < Bowl Vent Valve <--> [Bowl Vent Solenoid]|Description and Operation